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    • Traveler2024 🇸🇽 🇻🇳 🇰🇭
      Day 26–27

      Banaue

      February 3 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Mit dem Nachtbus nach Banaue.
      Zwei Tages Wanderung durch die 2000 Jahre alten Reisterrassen mit Übernachtung in Batad 😍
      Die Reisterrassen zählen zusammen mit vier weiteren Anlagen seit 1995 zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe.Read more

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    • skip's retirement travelPhilippines
      Day 11

      Banaue

      December 17, 2022 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Banuae is well known as a UNESCO world heritage site for the rice terraces built here in the mountains. Once in a while, these are called the 8th wonder of the world as the terraces begin at the base of the mountains and continue more than 1,000 meters up the slope. It is likely they were built by hand with minimum tools. They are irrigated by channeling mountain streams into irrigation channels running down through the terraces.
      Some believe that the terraces date back 2,000 years, but others think it's 1,000. I theorize it could be both if what we see are the "new and improved" terraces built over older ones.
      The 1st picture is the entry to the region and the 2nd picture gives an idea of what the locals were up against as a difficult topography to farm. The other 4 pictures are all views of the terraces showing how they overcame the topographic obstacles. They are amazing.      Read more

    • TravelerAround the world trip 19/20
      Day 73

      Banaue

      December 12, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      The Banaue Rice Terraces are carved in the mountains. Ancestors of the indigenous people built them over 2000 years ago. It’s one of the UNESCO world heritage. They are located very high, like round about 1.500 m, over sea level. And they were handmade. People still don’t use machines on the fields. The rice is harvested once a year so the locals have rice for half of the year for the complete family. Every family has own rice fields. Unfortunately, it’s always not enough so the families still need to buy rice for the other half of the year. On the fields you also can find kind of mini gardens with onions, garlic, sweet potatoes, etc. It was super interesting to hike in the rice terraces, the jungle and the forest for 3 days. We slept in homestays in small villages without internet. It’s impressive how people can survive without all that privileged stuff that we need to keep on going with our lives. A pregnant woman needs to hike one month before birth to the next big village because there is no doctor or hospital in the small villages. And also schools aren’t everywhere. But still: the nature is impressive. I never saw so many wild fruits and vegetables on the road which you can just pick and eat! You can fill up your water with the cleanest spring water - for free - thanks mother nature! There was also a massive waterfall. The power you felt standing in front and swimming close to the waterfall was amazing. But also veeery cold! All in all: one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life! ♥️

      Die Banaue Reisterrassen sind in die Bergen eingemeißelt. Vorfahren der Ureinwohner haben sie vor über 2000 Jahren gebaut. Es gehört zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe. Sie liegen sehr hoch, etwa 1.500 m, über dem Meeresspiegel. Und sie sind handgemacht. Die Leute benutzen immer noch keine Maschinen auf den Feldern. Der Reis wird einmal im Jahr geerntet, sodass die Einheimischen ein halbes Jahr lang Reis für die ganze Familie haben. Jede Familie hat eigene Reisfelder. Leider reicht dies nicht immer aus, sodass die Familien für die andere Jahreshälfte noch Reis nachkaufen müssen. Auf den Feldern gibt es auch Minigärten mit Zwiebeln, Knoblauch, Süßkartoffeln, usw. Es war super interessant, 3 Tage lang auf den Reisterrassen, im Dschungel und im Wald zu wandern. Wir haben bei Gastfamilien in kleinen Dörfern ohne Internet geschlafen. Es ist beeindruckend, wie Menschen ohne all die privilegierten Dinge überleben können, die wir brauchen, um unsere Leben so weiterzuleben. Eine schwangere Frau muss einen Monat vor der Geburt in das nächste große Dorf wandern, da es in den kleinen Dörfern keinen Arzt oder ein Krankenhaus gibt. Und auch Schulen gibt es nicht überall. Trotzdem: Die Natur ist beeindruckend. Ich habe noch nie so viele wilde Früchte und Gemüse auf dem Weg gesehen, die man einfach pflücken und essen kann! Man kann sein Wasser mit dem saubersten Quellwasser auffüllen - kostenlos - dank Mutter Natur! Es gab auch einen massiven Wasserfall. Die Kraft, die man spürt, wenn man vor dem Wasserfall steht und schwimm, war unglaublich. Aber auch sehr kalt! Alles in allem: eines der schönsten Dinge, die ich je in meinem Leben gesehen habe! ♥ ️      Read more

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    • TravelerPhilippinen 2024
      Day 3

      Manila - Banaue

      March 21 on the Philippines ⋅ 🌫 18 °C

      Heute hatten wir einen langen Fahrt-Tag. Von Manila aus brachte uns unser Fahrer Doc, den man hier auch "Paul Walker" nennt, 360 km Richtung Norden, in die Mountain Province. Die Fahrt dauerte mit Pausen 10 Stunden! Nachdem wir die Metropole Manila hinter uns gelassen hatten, führte die erste Hälfte der Reise durch flaches Tiefland, vorbei an Plantagen, Feldern und Dörfern bis wir in San José die ersten Ausläufer der Zentralkordillere erreichten. Dort hatten wir auch Lunch.
      Danach wurden die Berge links und rechts immer höher.
      In Bagabag ging es dann eine wirklich kurvenreiche Strasse bergwärts bis hinauf in die Bergprovinz (Mountain Province) Banaue. Der Ort Banaue liegt auf 1300 Meter mitten in den berühmten Reisterrassen, die wir morgen besichtigen werden.
      Mit ein paar Drinks an der Hotelbar mit unserem local Guide Dayton und Gesprächen über Land und Leute liessen wir den Reisetag ausklingen.      Read more

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    • TravelerPhilippinen 2024
      Day 4

      Day-Trip zu den Reisterrassen Banaue

      March 22 on the Philippines ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Heute ging es zu den faszinierenden Reisterrassen von Banaue. Seit über 2000 Jahren werden diese gewaltigen Reisterrassen, die eine unglaublich imposante Landschaft formen, von den Stämmen der Ifugao, Kalinga und Bontok in gleicher Manier bewirtschaftet. Frühmorgens, bevor die Sonne den Morgennebel löst, hat man den Eindruck, gigantisch grüne Treppenstufen führten geradewegs in den Himmel. So nennen die Ifugao das sich über 22.000 km2 erstreckende Meisterwerk ihrer Vorfahren 'Stufen zum Himmel'. Sie wurden 1995 von der UNESCO zum Weltnaturerbe erklärt.
      Wir wurden von einem Jeepney (einheimisches Sammeltaxi) auf eine Fahrt durch die urtümliche Landschaft abgeholt. Während der Wanderung durch die Reisterrassen hatten wir verschiedene Ausblicke auf die grandiose Landschaft und die an die Hänge gebauten mehrstöckigen Häuser.      Read more

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    • TravelerAsien 2017
      Day 6

      Willkommen in Banaue!

      May 10, 2017 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Nach 9h Busfahrt von Manila aus haben wir das wunderschöne Banaue erreicht! Die Reisterrassen hier sind wirklich atemberaubend. Heute wandern wir durch die Reisterrassen im Nachbardorf Batad 💪🏼😊

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    • TravelerPhilippinen
      Day 52

      Banaue - Reisterrassenparadies

      January 5, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ 🌫 0 °C

      Juhuu! Schon wieder so ein magischer Ort, und diesmal gar nicht am Strand, sondern mitten in den Reisterrassen. Aber es dauerte eine Weile, bis wir dort waren.

      Von Sagada fuhr uns Marvin, unser super Fahrer über kurvige Bergstrassen an Erdrutschen vorbei nach Banaue. Für die 65km brauchten wir 2,5 Stunden. Schon direkt um Banaue liegen wunderschöne Reisterrassen und die Strasse ist gesäumt von Häusern, die selbst wie Reisterrassen gebaut sind.

      Am nächsten Morgen hatten wir irrsinnig Glück, denn schon beim Sonnenaufgang kündigte sich ein Traumwetter an. Das erste Mal in der Gegend seit 11 Tagen. Wili holte uns mit dem Jeepney in Banaue ab und Irene sollte unser Guide für den Tag sein. Man braucht so wenig um glücklich zu sein: Sonne, eine kurvige Strasse und ein Jeepney Dach. Und so fühlten wir uns hoch oben auf dem Jeepney frei und waren einfach nur happy. Etwas mulmig wurde uns nur, als wir ein zerbeultes Jeepney sahen, bei dem am Vortag an einem steilen Stück bergab die Bremsen ausgefallen waren. Aber es war nichts passiert. Nach weiteren 15 Minuten Wandern bekamen wir den ersten Blick auf Batad, ein Dörfchen in einem Reisterrassenamphitheater. Die Terrassen sind schon ca. 3000 Jahre alt und haben immernoch eine magische Wirkung. Wir wollten bleiben, an diesem Ort, wo man das Plätschern des Wassers, die Grillen und das Rauschen des Flusses hört, wo die Menschen alle so freundlich grinsen, wo man die Magie fühlen kann. Wir wanderten für Stunden durch die Reisfelder (autsch Muskelkater) zu einem Wasserfall und waren begeistert. Während Ute und Andreas statt des letzten Teils die Aussicht von einem Restaurant aus genossen.

      So kamen wir auch viel später als vereinbart, aber glücklich wieder in Banaue an und fuhren noch weiter nach San Jose. Wieder über eine kurvige Strasse, diesmal im Dunkeln und mit LKWs. Die einen schliefen und die anderen spielten Sudoku um sich abzulenken.

      In San Jose trennten sich dann wieder die Wege und Ute, Andreas und Lisbeth machten sich auf den Weg nach Manila, während wir weiter magische Orte suchen.      Read more

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    • ResfeberSouth East Asia and India
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      Day 5

      Hapao, Philippines

      November 7, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Day Two Trek through Hapao rice terraces to the natural hot springs.

      We meandered along the narrow concrete passage ways for three hours until we reached the hot springs.
      At some points on our journey, looking down was not an option, it you fell one way was mud, the other was death.

      We stripped off and precariously stepped in to the hot bath temperature water. The combination of hot water and eggy sulphurous air took some getting used to, but eventually I relaxed on one of the smooth boulders and listened gushing white water behind.

      The highlight of the day for me was not the the hot springs but snaking through the landscape we had been gazing at 3 hours before... We were in the vista.      Read more

    • MonyLons Weltreise
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      Day 292

      Banaue Reisterrassen - 2 Tage

      June 14, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Philippinen da assoziiert man Traum-Strände, klares Wasser, Palmen, Hängematte ....

      Aber Mony will erst in den Norden nach Banaue. Ein Kaff in den Bergen - um sich Reisterrassen anzuschauen. Auf mein Einwurf "ob wir denn davon in den kommenden Monaten nicht genug sehen ?"
      Sagt Mony "diese seien 2000-6000 Jahre alt und UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe".

      Wir fahren also nach Banaue.Und die Terrassen sind wirklich sehr sehr schön. Um 4:00 kommen wir nach 9H Nachtbus an und wandern nach nem kurzen Schläfchen zum Aussichtspunkt. 2,5 H Fußmarsch durch das malerisch schone Weltkulturerbe.
      Der Fußweg führt über Stock und Stein auf den Dämmen der Reisfelder durch Dörfchen und vorbei an Wasserfällen. Es macht wirklich Spass.

      Noch ein Vorteil. Weil die meisten Touristen eben wegen der Strände usw kommen, ist hier wenig los. Die Einheimischen freuen sich über den Besuch, sind wahnsinnig hilfsbereit und freundlich.

      Außerdem, ist es in dem kleinen Örtchen deutlich einfacher sich in die Kultur einzufinden. Wir können erste verlässliche Reverenzwerte für Zimmerpreis, Essen, Taxi usw. sammeln.      Read more

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    • TravelerStories from my Sabbatical
      1
      Day 66

      Hello Banaue!

      June 5, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Day 1
      I took a let morning flight to Manila and arrived around 12:30. I had been advised by fellow travellers to avoid Manila and spend my time elsewhere in the Philippines so I booked a bus ticket for that afternoon to the north of Luzon island to Banaue, home to a UNESCO world heritage rice terrace (yes another one). My bus wasn’t until 8pm but I decided to just get a grab taxi (Asia’s version of Uber) to the bus station anyway and find somewhere nearby to wait (hopefully find WiFi and food). My first impression of Manila during that taxi ride was it is BUSY! So many people and cars everywhere! When i got to the “bus station”, aka parking lot in random suburb (all bus companies have their own bus depots so there’s not just one main bus station in the city) I picked up my ticket and asked if there was anywhere I could wait. I was then given directions to a nearby mall. That first afternoon I learnt that although the Philippines is a developing country, and the streets are what you’d expect from that, if you go into any mall in any city here you could be in any city in America. Outside it’s all run down buildings and street markets, and inside the mall it’s Starbucks, sketchers and a cinema. It’s very bizarre. I also learnt in my few hours waiting for the bus that pretty much everyone in the Philippines speaks English (also due to the large American influence in the country). It was finally time to get the bus to Banaue (no more nice train journeys for me). The bus ride was overnight and for the first two hours they played Skyfall (though the volume was so low no one could really hear it). I managed to sleep most of the way which was good.

      Day 2
      I arrived in Banaue at 5am and was met off the bus by a driver from the hostel I had booked. Before I got on his trike I had to pay a small fee to the Banaue tourism board for conservation of the area. We then took the short 30 second journey to my hostel (seriously I could’ve walked it in 2 minutes) where my very kind host let me go straight to sleep and said I could check in later. After a very welcome three hour nap I was ready to start exploring Banaue. I decided to ignore all the waiting trike drivers offering to drive me to the various view points of the rice terraces and walk to the route myself. And boy I am so glad I did. It took me about two hours to walk to all the way to the main view point along the main road, but on the way I passed 6 other view points all with amazing views. This was nothing like the Longji rice terraces. It was so green it was like a feast for the eyes. Even the views between the official view points were stunning. I spent the whole two hour walk thinking how amazing it was and taking photo after photo. Halfway up I met two lovely Philippino girls (Arielle and Daniela) who helped me take my staple jumping shot (thanks girls!). When I got to the main viewpoint I had a much needed drink break and consulted my trusted Maps.me app to see what to do next. I saw that there was a footpath that went down into the rice terrace and up the other side that looped back to the village. I asked the owner of the shop I was in if it was ok for me to walk the track and she said absolutely, just ask the locals I pass which way to go. Sounded good to me! I followed the steps all the way down to the bottom of the terrace, crossed over a small bride and started following the path along and up the irrigation of the various rice pools (not sure what the technical term is). After about 20 minutes I came across a small farm house and a local man came out and greeted me. I said “Banaue?” And he said “yes mam you follow the path, when you get to the bottom you see two paths, you go up, not flat, you go up”. I thanked him and went on my way. At the bottom I did indeed see two paths and I took the left one which ”went up”. Let me tell you that path was pretty damn steep! I was practically rock climbing up it instead of walking. At this point I thought maybe doing this walk alone wasn’t the best idea, but I was too far in to turn back now (and there was no way I could climb back down this section!). Finally I reached the top and the path became wider and started to follow the irrigation. For the next hour and a half I followed the path through varying widths of irrigation (trying not to fall into the rice pools). At one point it started to rain and again I questioned why I was doing this. But I had my raincoat and soldiered on. And the views were pretty stunning. Eventually I started to see more houses, asking each person that I saw “banaue?” And getting nods of encouragement as I went. Finally after a 5 hour round trip I reached the village again, pretty hungry but also pretty chuffed that I had completed my trek. I found a local cafe for dinner and then headed back to my quiet hostel for an early night.

      Day 3
      I woke up early to the sound of voices outside my room. It looked like my quiet hostel had some more guests. I went out and said hello to the four new people, two English guys a french guy and a french girl. We spent the morning swapping travel stories and trying to decided what to do today. The two english boys wanted to rent bikes and drove around the area. I wasn’t so keen as they had only learnt to drive bikes while travelling. We went into the village anyway to see if we could find anything. Unfortunately for them (fortunately for me) this wasn’t really the place to rent bikes, well at least not the automatic ones the guy were used to. Instead we decided to follow the main road in the other direction from the main rice terrace to a small natural pool we were told we could swim in. It took almost an hour to walk there and I’m not going to lie it was a bit of a disappointment. It was a very small rock pool in the middle of a small river. We also discovered that the water was absolutely freezing! And unfortunately by this point it was overcast so it wasn’t even that hot outside to make the pool a nice place to cool down. Nevertheless we had walked all the way there so we manned up and got in. It took me at least 10 minutes linger than the others to work myself up to getting in, and when I did I nearly died of shock it was that cold. And unlike most places you swim the initial shock or cold took a good 2 minutes to wear off. We stayed in the pool for around 20 minutes until it started to rain (on queue at 2pm). Luckily for us there was a small cafe right next to the pool where we took shelter and had a pretty tasty meal of noodles and vegetables. After the rain died down we headed back to the village where I got some snacks for my bus journey that evening. It was then back to the hostel to pack and wait for my bus back to Manila.

      So there you have my first three days in the Philippines.

      Next stop Bohol island.

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